workplace-stories

New hire gets fired on day one by hotel manager for wearing "jorts" to work: 'He couldn't have been here longer than 10 minutes'

Ben Weiss

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‘Make it make sense. Why am I working full-time hours just to get the basic training I should’ve gotten on day one?’: Retail new-hire thrown in as supervisor without training and told she has to work overtime just to learn the basics

Etai Eshet

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'She literally quit over pizza': 63-year-old part-time worker hands in resignation because HR ordered everyone pizza on one of her days off

Ben Weiss

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Employee gets fired 2 weeks after her wedding because her company doesn't want to add her spouse to her insurance: 'Friday morning, my performance was fantastic, I was getting praised, how would I suddenly be fired for my performance on Monday afternoon?'

Brad Dickson

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'[I] walked out mid shift': 15+ Employees who quit their jobs and never looked back

Remy Millisky

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New hire refuses to take smelly coworker 2 hours to the airport: 'Once you do something nice, it's just expected next time around'

Remy Millisky

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Office workers maliciously comply with manager's strict email requirements, forcing the policy to be reversed after a flurry of email spamming: 'The outcome? Inbox mess'

Ben Weiss

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Employee finds out boss looks at their browsing history at work, they purposely search for other jobs, leading boss to offer them a raise when he sees the search: ‘I left it there’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Remember that everyone is replaceable': Arrogant boss threatens employees' job security out of nowhere at 8 AM in work group chat

Lana DeGaetano

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31-year-old New Zealand earthquake specialist gets even with 28-year-old coworker who undermines her in front of clients: 'I turned to the clients and said, "Actually, Brendan's made an error"'

Remy Millisky

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Consultant gets fired unceremoniously after using daily $50 lunch credit to fund his side business for months: 'He was embezzling $40 to $45 a day for "lunch" while eating PB&J sandwiches'

Ben Weiss

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Museum curator takes credit for archivist's research, then embarrasses herself in front of major donor: 'I thought you were working on this together?'

Ben Weiss

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70-employee warehouse runs out of toilet paper, manager tells employees to use Kleenex instead, after failing to place online order in advance: 'They're one ply off-brand generics'

Emma Saven

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Overworked admin quits after months of late paychecks and being denied wedding time off, CFO demands she trains her replacement during her honeymoon, worried she won't receive final paycheck if she refuses: 'This was my last straw'

Emma Saven

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Burned-out employee frustrated over company’s new $50k “wellness pods” purchase, after company refuses to hire new staff to lighten their employees' heavy workload, instead demanding they take a nap and get back to work: 'They sell it like it’s a benefit'

Emma Saven

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‘He was sued for stealing from the company’: Newbie security guard lies to his coworker, claiming their boss allows him to leave early, then tries to blame his coworker when he gets caught

Lana DeGaetano

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